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Don’t pay former MPs GH¢29.7m salary arrears – Domelevo advises government

The Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, has rejected a request by the Chief of Staff for an audit verification to be conducted in order for the payment of salary arrears to be made to over 200 former and current Members of Parliament.

Frema Osei Opare’s request was based on a letter from a group known as Forum for Former Members of Parliament.

The former MPs, some of whom left Parliament over 10 years ago, are requesting the payment of arrears of salaries and emoluments amounting to over GH¢29.7 million.

But in a response sighted by Citi News, the Auditor-General described the request of the former MPs as invalid and amounting to a conflict of interest because most of the beneficiaries would be members of the current government, including the President and the Chief of Staff.

The Auditor-General further contended that because some of the MPs on the list for salary arrears are under investigation for receiving double salaries, it will not be right to pay any further monies to them.

 

Source:Fiilafmonline/CitiNews

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